2019 CHEVROLET EQUINOX tires

Chevrolet Equinox Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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392 Customer Information
Roadside Assistance is not a part of
the New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
General Motors North America and
Chevrolet reserve the right to make
any changes or discontinue the
Roadside Assistance program at
any time without notification.
General Motors North America and
Chevrolet reserve the right to limit
services or payment to an owner or
driver if they decide the claims are
made too often, or the same type of
claim is made many times.
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for the
vehicle to get to the nearest
service station.
. Lock-Out Service: Service to
unlock the vehicle if you are
locked out. A remote unlock may
be available if you have OnStar.
For security reasons, the driver
must present identification
before this service is given. .
Emergency Tow from a Public
Road or Highway: Tow to the
nearest Chevrolet dealer for
warranty service, or if the vehicle
was in a crash and cannot be
driven. Assistance is not given
when the vehicle is stuck in the
sand, mud, or snow.
. Flat Tire Change: Service to
change a flat tire with the spare
tire. The spare tire, if equipped,
must be in good condition and
properly inflated. It is the owner's
responsibility for the repair or
replacement of the tire if it is not
covered by the warranty.
. Battery Jump Start: Service to
jump start a dead battery.
. Trip Interruption Benefits and
Assistance: If your trip is
interrupted due to a warranty
event, incidental expenses may
be reimbursed within the
Powertrain warranty period.
Items considered are reasonable
and customary hotel, meals,
rental car, or a vehicle being
delivered back to the customer,
up to 500 miles.
Services Not Included in
Roadside Assistance
. Impound towing caused by
violation of any laws
. Legal fines
. Mounting, dismounting,
or changing of snow tires,
chains, or other traction devices
Service is not provided if a vehicle
is in an area that is not accessible
to the service vehicle or is not a
regularly traveled or maintained
public road, which includes ice and
winter roads. Off-road use is not
covered.
Services Specific to
Canadian-Purchased Vehicles
. Fuel Delivery: Reimbursement
is up to 7 liters. If available,
diesel fuel delivery may be
restricted. Propane and other
fuels are not provided through
this service.
. Lock-Out Service: Vehicle
registration is required.

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IndexA
About Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 3
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 224
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 273
Additional Information
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 290
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 171
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 83
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 79
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 130
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 246
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 214, 301
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 215
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

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Assistance Systems forParking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 236
Auto Stop Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
B
BatteryExterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Battery - North America . . . . 300, 351
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 302
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 134 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . 244
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 194
Bulb Replacement Front Turn Signal and Fog
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305, 306
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 308
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
California Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .276, 300, 351,
Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 107
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 131
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 91
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Rearview Mirrors (cont'd)Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 355
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 398
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 386
Running out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 398
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 393
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Seat Belts (cont'd)
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 76
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 75
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 64
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 60
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 59
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 104
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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Service (cont'd)Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 169
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 277
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 382
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 383
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 393
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 246
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Special Application Services . . . . 375 Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Rear Compartment/StoragePanel Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 107
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168, 400
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 390
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 49Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

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Tires (cont'd)Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 326
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 325
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Terminology and Definitions . . 321
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 336
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250, 251
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 264 Towing (cont'd)
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 264
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 355
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Traction Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 137
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 334
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 156Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Universal Remote System (cont'd)
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 383
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle Care
Storing the Tire Sealantand Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 345
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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W
Wait to Start Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
WarningBrake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 248
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Water in Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 336
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 95
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 302 Wipers
Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116